Summary of Impact: Separate evaluations were completed at each of the three sites:
● Atlanta:
○ 85.7% of youth were communicating effectively with peers at the end of the program, up from 28.6% at the beginning of the program.
○ Program participants had, on average, fewer court referrals during the program period than the non-arts comparison group (1.3 and 2.0 respectively). This despite the fact that arts program participants had, on average more court referrals than the comparison group at the start of the program (6.9 and 2.2 referrals, respectively).
○ 50% of program participants had committed new offenses during the program period versus 78.6% in the control group.

● Portland:
○ 100% of program participants demonstrated an ability to cooperate with others at the end of the 12-week program versus 43% at the start of the program
○ 31.6% of program participants’ attitude towards school improved compared with 7.7% in the comparison group.
○ 22% of program participants had a new court referral compared with 47% of comparison group.
○ The level and type of offense committed during the program period were less severe than prior offenses.

● San Antonio:
○ 85% of participants were able to work on tasks from start to finish at the end of the program versus 72% at the beginning.
○ 82% demonstrated the skills necessary to produce quality artwork up from 65% at the start of the program.
○ 16.4% of the arts program participants had a decrease in delinquent behavior compared with 3.4% of the control group.